Get in the Know! Squire Patton Boggs’ 2019 Mid-Year TCPA Review Now Available

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Well I’m on vacation, but when has that ever stopped me from giving you the best TCPA-related content?  Squire Patton Bogg’s 2019 Mid-Year TCPA Review is here!!!!

As has been my tradition, I pause in the middle of each year to take stock of all the TCPA developments in the first half of the year. This year I have reviewed hundreds of cases to find the most important trends and decisions of the year, which I have categorized and broken down for your ease of consumption in my handy-dandy Mid-Year Review.   And, as always, the Review is COMPLETELY FREE.  (Who does that?) You just have to ask me for it–no consumer lawyers allowed.

2019 has been an absolute barnburner for TCPA developments, with many of the biggest developments happening in the halls of Congress rather than in the courtroom. And while most assumed that the FCC would have taken decisive action on the TCPA in the 16 months since ACA Int’l was handed down, the first half of 2019 has seen no word from the Commission on the Public Notice proceeding– although the FCC did introduce default call blocking, which should have a huge impact on the number of robocalls received by the average American (even if the rule may result in a large number of legitimate calls being blocked in the process).

The biggest TCPA-related news of the year, of course, you already know about– the launch of TCPAWorld.com! What a tremendous success. The site already has more followers than my former site – I can’t even remember the name of it anymore – and the “Unprecedented” podcast and its trimulcast format has already developed a huge following. I am proud that Squire Patton Boggs has invested the resources to create the internet’s premier source for TCPA-related news and views. And oh so much content!

While we always stock TCPAworld.com with the biggest news, many cases do not merit full blog treatment, but still receive analysis in the mid-Year Review.  Plus I break everything down so you know which developments matter most.  This is an extremely valuable resource that no TCPA defense practitioner should be without.

Here’s a sample of last year’s year-end review to whet your appetites:

Annual Review

And for those of you attending DNC.com’s HUGE TCPA summit in Huntington Beach on July 23, 2019– I’ll be there speaking and handing out print copies of the mid-year review (along with some other swag, of course.) The DNC.com summit is my favorite event of the year because it is a FULL day of TCPA-related discussion that simply cannot be beat. Hope to see you there.

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Published by Eric J. Troutman

The Czar of TCPAWorld Eric Troutman is one of the country’s prominent class action defense lawyers and is nationally recognized in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and compliance. He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 70 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies. He also helps industry participants build TCPA-compliant processes, policies, and systems. Eric has built a national litigation practice based upon deep experience, rigorous analysis and extraordinary responsiveness. Eric and his team feel equally at home litigating multibillion dollar telecommunications class actions in federal court as they do developing and executing national litigation strategies for institutions facing an onslaught of individual TCPA matters. They thrive in each of these roles – delivering consistently excellent results – while never losing sight of the client experience. While many firms now tout TCPA expertise, Eric has been there from the beginning. He built one of the country’s first TCPA-only defense teams and began serving as national TCPA counsel for his clients nearly a decade ago. This perspective allows him to swiftly develop the right litigation strategies for dealing with recurring problems, without wasting time on tactics that are bound to fail. Eric’s rich historical perspective and encyclopedic knowledge of the TCPA landscape also make him an invaluable resource to institutional compliance teams struggling to comply with the shifting regulatory landscape. No task is too small – or too big. Indeed, Eric and his team have helped build TCPA-compliant systems and processes for some of the largest and most complex corporate entities in the country. He commonly works with in-house compliance counsel to build and implement enterprise and business-line specific TCPA solutions, performs TCPA audits and drafts and reviews proposed TCPA policies and procedures. He and his team also have the technical expertise necessary to assist call centers seeking to develop TCPA-resistant call path architecture or to modify existing telephony and software integration to better insulate from potential TCPA exposure. Eric has built a reputation for thought leadership. An avid blogger and speaker, he has been at the forefront of the industry’s effort to push for clarity and a return to sanity for the TCPA for years. He was selected to advocate for the financial services industry on important TCPA issues before the Federal Communications Commission and co-authored the nation’s only comprehensive practice guide on TCPA defense. In his spare time, Eric leads defense teams representing banks and other financial services companies in consumer finance litigation matters. He has experience representing clients in UCC, TILA, RESPA FCRA, CCRA, CLRA, FDCPA, RFDCPA and FCCPA claims, as well as in fraud and bank operations issues.